Psalms 102:20 Go deeper
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To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; (KJV)
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לִ֭שְׁמֹעַLish.mo.a'to hear
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Psalms 102:20 word 1
אֶנְקַ֣ת'en.Kat[the] groaning of
Lemma: אֲנָקָה (a.na.qah) · Strong's: H0603
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: groaning
Used 4 times. Also: Psalms 12:5, Psalms 79:11, Malachi 2:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0603; TAHOT Psalms 102:20 word 2
אָסִ֑יר'a.Sirprisoner[s]
Lemma: אָסִיר (a.sir) · Strong's: H0615
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: prisoner
Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 39:22, Job 3:18, Psalms 68:6, Psalms 69:33, Psalms 107:10, Isaiah 14:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0615; TAHOT Psalms 102:20 word 3
לְ֝פַתֵּ֗חַle.fa.Te.achto set free
Lemma: פָּתַח (pa.tach) · Strong's: H6605A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
Meaning: to open
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 30:22, Genesis 41:56 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6605A; TAHOT Psalms 102:20 word 4
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] sons of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Psalms 102:20 word 5
תְמוּתָֽה\׃te.mu.Tahdeath
Lemma: תְּמוּתָה (te.mu.tah) · Strong's: H8546
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: death
Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 79:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8546; TAHOT Psalms 102:20 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| to hear | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| a prisoner’s | → | אָסִיר H0615 prisoner |
| groaning | → | אֲנָקָה H0603 groaning |
| to release | → | פָּתַח H6605A to open |
| those condemned | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| to death | → | תְּמוּתָה H8546 death |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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